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https://www.newsweek.com/video-appears-to-show-new-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis-11411971
Ice shooting round 2 has kicked off. Numerous rumors already flying around but will be a bit before we have facts I imagine.
EDIT: I've been asked to add some relevant points, I'll say: this comment has links to various angles: https://www.themotte.org/post/3493/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/405295?context=8#context This comment mentions the "Sig misfire" angle that I've seen a bit: https://www.themotte.org/post/3493/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/405451?context=8#context
Walz has activatedthe national guard: https://x.com/MnDPS_DPS/status/2012614253090619619 The NBA postponed the Minnesota/Golden State game tonight.
Everything makes sense viewed through the lens of politics. Both sides show hypocrisy on this issue. If this were jan 6th we'd see the same people arguing that it was excessive force or overreach. I saw that circulated video and could not see anyone pull a weapon. Looked like a scuffle and someone dead after gunshots. The question is, will this get worse or what are the longer term implications. MN has now sorta become the modern Fort Sumter. The thing is, ICE has the authority to make these arrests and use lethal force if necessary, and there isn't much that can be done unless Congress steps in, which they likely won't.
I think not. The left is united in claiming the Good shooting was bad. The right is NOT united in claiming this shooting was good.
hmm on twitter I have noticed very little objection by the right , or at least by the accounts i track
I just looked and it wasn't hard to find dissenting voices from 2A advocates if that counts as right wing. James Reeves has a bunch of skeptical tweets, and he is one of the most famous industry personalities, a lawyer, and shitposter. He quotes Kostas Moros in a few of his shared posts who is a fierce 2A advocate. It's still all speculative, admittedly.
I'm not watching each and every video to inform my speculation. It doesn't look like an "execution" to me, but it does look like a bad shoot. What it looks like to me: police attempted to arrest a man and successfully disarmed him during his arrest. The presence of a weapon heightened alert of agents who, despite the number of men in arm's reach, did not coordinate well enough to restrain the individual. That failure allowed the man to squirm and contort enough to the moment where a cop blasts him. That cop will probably claim he saw him reach into his pants or whatever and he will probably be correct. Doesn't make it a good shoot.
Let's throw Fenix in as well.
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